The Ukrainian authorities lifted the ban on entry for Russian men, but according to Ukraine’s customs spokesman, enhanced checks at the border crossings with Russia by Ukrainian border guards continues. "We exercise increased …

European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said that no US threats can stop the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Oettinger said that he was never a fan of Nord Stream 2, but the construction of the Nord Stream …

Russia has finished building a high-tech security fence along Crimea's border with Ukraine, the press service of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Border Service for Russia’s Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol reported.

The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) welcomed the deal to establish the New Year ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, reached by the Contact Group on Ukrainian settlement. The …

Ukraine has received a loan of EUR 349.3 million from Deutsche Bank issued under a World Bank guarantee, the press service of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry has said, Ukrinform reported. "Today, Ukraine's state budget received …

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday it hoped Western countries would not take part in any Ukrainian attempt to stage “a provocation” near the Kerch Strait and dissuade Kiev from escalating tensions in the …

The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council will decide later on Wednesday on imposing additional sanctions on Russia in relation to the Kerch Strait incident, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko …

Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko officially announced that martial law in 10 regions of the country has terminated. "It is exactly 14:00 and the martial law is terminated. This is my principal decision. It is …

U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker has said he is ready to pay a visit to Moscow as soon as the Ukrainian seamen detained in the Kerch Strait are released. "I hope I will be able to do it next year …

The UN General Assembly adopted the Ukrainian resolution on human rights violations in Crimea. A total of 65 countries voted for the adoption of the document, 27 countries voted against, while 70 others abstained, Sputnik reports. …

Ukraine has received the first tranche under the new Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the amount of $1.4 billion, which boosted the country's forex reserves to $20.1 billion as of December 21, 2018. …

The Ukrainian authorities, planning the Kerch Strait incident, anticipated that some of the naval sailors would be killed, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an annual news conference. "As for the Ukrainian …

Russia is not going to wage war against Ukraine but will respond in kind, if Kiev carries out a provocation on the border with Crimea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station. …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that he did not plan to extend martial law unless there was a large scale attack from Russia. "Unless there is a large-scale aggression, an intrusion of Russian military …

A Ukrainian Su-27 fighter aircraft crashed while attempting to land on Saturday afternoon during a scheduled flight, killing the pilot, Reuters reports with a reference to the Ukrainian military. “The circumstances and causes of …